Carissa Alt-Frankard , LPC

Carissa Alt-Frankard is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 11 years of experience helping people through transitions and hard moments. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns while also guiding people through relationship and family challenges. Carissa often supports women dealing with body image, pregnancy and childbirth, and the pressures that come with different life stages.

She uses clear, approachable methods in session and centers the person's experience. Carissa listens first, then helps people set small, doable steps toward change. Sessions are conversational and practical, aimed at making everyday life feel more manageable.

Carissa draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses client-centered approaches that prioritize each person's values and goals. Mindfulness practices are offered when slowing down and noticing present-moment experience can help reduce stress.

Motivational interviewing and solution-focused work shape her short-term planning. These methods are useful for people ready to try concrete changes, whether at work or in personal life. Carissa helps clients break goals into manageable actions and track progress between sessions.

Her style is warm and direct. She encourages self-compassion while holding people accountable to their goals. Carissa aims to create a dependable space where people can talk through guilt, shame, isolation, or confusion and begin to move forward.

People come to her for help with career stress, social anxiety, ADHD challenges, and questions about life purpose. She speaks English and practices in Wisconsin, offering care that connects practical tools with personal values.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Carissa commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered work to guide online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety or low mood. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following each person's priorities so goals come from what matters to them.

She also integrates mindfulness techniques when helpful, teaching simple practices to notice thoughts and bodily sensations and reduce reactivity. These tools can help with stress, social anxiety, and parenting overwhelm by creating small moments of calm and clearer choice-making.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Carissa will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit. She checks in regularly to see what is working and adjusts plans based on progress and comfort level.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face-to-face across distances. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or be easier when bandwidth is low. Live chat or text-based messaging supports regular check-ins, quick coaching between sessions, or shorter conversations when scheduling is tight. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting into daily life.